MIAMI — SL Capital has provided financing for the acquisition of a four-property, Class A student housing portfolio in Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina and Missouri. Campus Evolutions purchased the portfolio for $46.5 million. A $33.5 million CMBS loan for the properties was arranged. Miami-based SL Capital is an exclusive affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald Commercial Real Estate and makes nonrecourse loans up to $200 million.
MICHIGAN CITY, IND. — A limited liability company has purchased a 37,150-square-foot office building that is home to Brown Mackie College in Michigan City, Ind., for $4.7 million. The college occupies approximately 77 percent of the building, which is located at 1007-1001 East U.S. Highway 20, some 60 miles east of Chicago. John Abuja of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and the seller, a partnership, in this deal.
OAK FOREST, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 11-unit apartment property in Oak Forest, Ill. for $785,000. Located at 16733-16735 Forest Avenue, the property consists of two, one-bedroom units and nine, two-bedroom units. Ryan Engle, Voltaire Zapanta and Adam Fortino, of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago office represented the seller, a private investor, as well as the buyer, an individual trust.
URBANA, ILL. — Rosemont, Ill.-based McShane Construction Co. will build Hamilton on the Park, a 36-unit apartment complex in Urbana, 90 miles east of Springfield, the state capital. The company is building the affordable housing development on behalf of The Benoit Group, an Atlanta-based developer. The multifamily property, which will be located on two acres of land at 1201 Brookstone Ct., will include single- and two-story units. Each apartment will also be equipped with energy-efficient windows and Energy Star appliances. Construction is scheduled for completion this fall.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Auctions by ATG will host a commercial real estate auction that will feature Arlington Ridge, a former Motorola corporate campus in Arlington Heights, about 25 miles northwest of Chicago. The eight-building, single-story office park is located parallel to Route 53 and south of Dundee Road. Other auction offerings include mixed-use, retail, multifamily and flex buildings as well as development sites and vacant land. Seven of the 22 properties currently offered are bank owned. Buyers can bid live or online on these Chicago-area properties, most of which are being sold absolute. The auction starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 1 S. Wacker Drive, 24th floor in downtown Chicago. Persons interested in participating should visit auctionsbyatg.com to register.
NEW YORK — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Group has completed the $80.5 million sale of a portfolio of five Citibank retail bank branches in the New York metro area. A joint venture between Madison Capital and an institutional owner purchased the portfolio. The portfolio consists of 18 Citibank-leased properties and includes: 181 Montague St.; 123 East 86th St.; 2261 Madison Ave.; 107-01 71st Ave,; and 1800 Williamsbridge Road. A Newmark team lead by Kenneth Zakin represented the seller, FGP West Street.
PHILADELPHIA — New York-based Time Equities Inc. has purchased Northbrook Corporate Center in Philadelphia for $11.4 million. The Class A office space, located at 900 and 1210 Northbrook Drive, is 161,170 square feet. 900 Northbrook is a 66,690 square-foot, three-story building and 1210 Northbrook is 94,480 square feet and four stories. Northbrook Corporate Center offers office space ranging from 1,200 square feet to 20,000 square feet available for immediate lease. Asking rents start at $20 per square foot. Brian Smyth and Dennis Durkin of CBRE will oversee leasing for the property.
NEW CANAAN, CONN. — M2 Partners LLC has purchased Merritt Apartments, a four-building, 24-unit apartment complex located in downtown New Canaan, for $8.4 million. The multifamily property totals 39,531 square feet and is comprised of four buildings, just two blocks from the Metro North train station and two miles from Route 15. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, New Canaan Merritt Apartments LLC, and Arnold Karp and Karp Associates Inc. represented M2 Partners in the deal.
NEW YORK — Centerline Capital Group has provided a $4 million loan to refinance 55 Hudson Street, a cooperative multifamily property located in the Tribeca section of New York City. This deal was the first transaction funded through Freddie Mac’s new Cooperative Early Rate Lock Program. The program enables borrowers to lock in interest rates within 72 hours of a package submission to Freddie Mac. The loan is secured by 55 Hudson Street, a 10-story, 34-unit luxury cooperative building that was incorporated in 1980 and is 100 percent sold. The property was originally constructed as a commercial warehouse in 1890 and was converted for residential usage in the early 1980s. The borrower is New York-based Tribeca Owners Corp., whose primary purpose is to manage the operations of the property.
AMHERST, N.Y. — Locally based Zaepfel Development is constructing a 97,000-square-foot build-to-suit facility for PHH Mortgage Corp in Amherst. The new office building, which is located at 1760 Wehrle Drive, will feature an open floor plan design and have the capacity for up to 800 employees. PHH Mortgage will move from its current location in Depew, N.Y. to the new facility later this year when construction is completed. Louis Battagliese and John Morrissey of Philadelphia-based Jackson Cross Partners LLC, along with David Schiller of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Pyramid Brokerage, represented PHH. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.